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Blue Steel

by Ed Williams

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted September 1, 2017168 views2 comments
This dark blue wasp was working the daisies at the Cedar Break National Monument visitor center in the morning sun. Canon 5Diii, f8, 1/2500 sec, iso 400, -0.7 EV, 100-400 ISL ii, with 1.4 TC, at 560 mm, 80% of original frame. Thank you for your comments and suggested improvements.

Comments

2 comments
Comment posted by Shirley Freeman on September 1, 2017 at 3:55 PM
Nice capture, Ed.  I like the dark wasp against the yellow flowers, with the nice soft complimentary background. 
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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on September 5, 2017 at 10:21 AM
It's a fine arrangement of flowers and wasp, Ed.  I'm enjoying the bright warmth from the flowers and the view of the wasp doing it's thing.
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